tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post5144513632077301861..comments2017-08-11T21:44:24.843-07:00Comments on PChucks Network: Web Sites Increasing Vigilance Against MalwareChuck Crollhttps://plus.google.com/114025756997654559499noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-13979520574714344482010-10-26T18:52:32.843-07:002010-10-26T18:52:32.843-07:00amazing post!amazing post!ImmaFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215537100986912079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-87604349723331208312010-10-26T17:56:43.988-07:002010-10-26T17:56:43.988-07:00High quality blog!High quality blog!Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953801647795860395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-30217290232272514922010-10-17T20:59:33.991-07:002010-10-17T20:59:33.991-07:00this is great to hearthis is great to hearBradsSportsBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957150003941501323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-86586731094686556072010-10-17T19:46:16.051-07:002010-10-17T19:46:16.051-07:00Good advice. Thats why I run Opera. it references ...Good advice. Thats why I run Opera. it references databases to protect me from stuff like thatOh oh! Banana!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09021530728628420305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-84430221681145390702010-10-13T10:40:09.196-07:002010-10-13T10:40:09.196-07:00I&#39;m looking forward to more great advice from ...I&#39;m looking forward to more great advice from you!caliburnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995524811275137043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-9792105014970305882010-10-08T22:32:21.760-07:002010-10-08T22:32:21.760-07:00You have a great blog going!You have a great blog going!JoeFlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187899087578106475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-41452636329241008362010-10-08T22:21:01.135-07:002010-10-08T22:21:01.135-07:00I use linux, so I don&#39;t have to worry as much....I use linux, so I don&#39;t have to worry as much.So We Heard You Like Fitnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112244121551636504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-79696414044380804752010-10-08T22:17:33.860-07:002010-10-08T22:17:33.860-07:00well that is one way to keep internet browsing sec...well that is one way to keep internet browsing secureKillerKunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18105164281500461280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-63139711349696749272010-10-08T22:06:35.772-07:002010-10-08T22:06:35.772-07:00Great read. I am actually pretty happy that i am g...Great read. I am actually pretty happy that i am getting warnings for malware threats, because i hate having to run cleaning programs every couple of months to fix some random issue caused by malware.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393291394126663938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-20364620701408746692010-10-08T21:49:53.579-07:002010-10-08T21:49:53.579-07:00I like your tech blog.I like your tech blog.Quinn Electronicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04000202639180022082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-36619058943981100912010-10-08T21:23:29.794-07:002010-10-08T21:23:29.794-07:00Damn h4xors, i dont get the idea of viruses :(Damn h4xors, i dont get the idea of viruses :(momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372032797921736391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-66785662347875576382010-10-08T21:07:01.337-07:002010-10-08T21:07:01.337-07:00These guys get craftier everyday but then so do go...These guys get craftier everyday but then so do google and the protectors of the internet.MikeNeumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409163060222330945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-78273842174359437322010-10-06T18:55:03.872-07:002010-10-06T18:55:03.872-07:00Great read, even learned a few things I was a bit ...Great read, even learned a few things I was a bit hazy on.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382858167871227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-30260602088421670662010-10-06T18:31:21.014-07:002010-10-06T18:31:21.014-07:00Nice post. Very informative.Nice post. Very informative.Dananananakroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01081762218322132770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-82366425190070185322010-03-29T01:45:22.372-07:002010-03-29T01:45:22.372-07:00Thank you for your words of wisdom.Thank you for your words of wisdom.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932859321223254374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-14847586459999160052010-03-28T20:56:22.605-07:002010-03-28T20:56:22.605-07:00Penny,
Any computer application, that has a prese...Penny,<br /><br />Any computer application, that has a presence on the web, is vulnerable to hacking. Web servers are vulnerable two ways: through the server itself, and through the data (the websites served).<br /><br />Web servers that use commercial code like Microsoft or Sun / Unix are more vulnerable in the server code, since there are thousands of web servers using the same code, and there&#39;s opportunity for the bad guys to find plenty of examples to experiment with, and to find the security holes.<br /><br />With Blogger, their code is highly proprietary, and it&#39;s disbursed all over their server farm. My suspicion is that Blogger code is more vulnerable in the blogs themselves, and here you&#39;ll find social engineering attacks, like the hacker who has apparently <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/03/blogger-blogs-redirecting-to_27.html" rel="nofollow">taken over the Blogger Gadget Library</a>.<br /><br />I do feel that bloggers, as individuals, are more vulnerable to hacking. Since there are millions of Blogger blogs, I suspect that the chance of any one blog being successfully attacked will depend upon the vulnerability of the individual blog owner.<br /><br />If you use common sense, such as the recommendations that I make in my blogs, you&#39;re probably safer with Blogger, than with any individual small dedicated or shared server host. The bloggers who are vulnerable are the ones who <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/01/protect-your-readers-install-third.html" rel="nofollow">use third party code</a> indiscretely, or gadgets, or who <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/09/protect-your-blog-install-third-party.html" rel="nofollow">allow unknown third party services to install code on their blogs</a>.<br /><br />My suspicion is that Blogger / Google guard their servers rather vigourously, because they have millions of users, many of which are individually vulnerable.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-32592167174886424802010-03-28T14:01:58.974-07:002010-03-28T14:01:58.974-07:00Hi, Nitecruzr! Didn&#39;t know about this blog...G...Hi, Nitecruzr! Didn&#39;t know about this blog...God you love blogs! hee hee.<br /><br />Those welcomed alerts and that funny option to &quot;get me out of here!&quot; is what I love about FF! On IE6 I got stuck on a handful of pages that claimed malware was detected or that my anti-virus program needed updating or whatever. I knew not to click on anything, but found I usually could not access the toolbars or shut down the page. I&#39;d have to use taskmanager to shut down the browser. Annoying and scary. When I informed Windows (by the Report Site option) of the offending website, they made it difficult: call this person and blah blah blah. Isn&#39;t giving them the Google Search and Actual website link enough?<br /><br />My brother recommended FF, and I&#39;ve been in love with it ever since. I&#39;ve only had two known encounters, both thwarted by FF warnings. Of course, that doesn&#39;t mean they are aware of every site, so I take precautions. When looking at the Google Search links, I skim the site link previews...if the wording is nonsensical or odd or (a group of words that that are not a complete and comprehensible sentence or if they&#39;re offering too much (such as, Hot Pics of So and So) those are clues for me to to bypass that search link.<br /><br />My reason for visiting your site is to share with you the following post I saw today in the Statcounter forum. I wasn&#39;t sure which of your blogs to post it on. I&#39;d really like your take on it--have you heard of a similar issue. Here goes:<br /><br /><i>I use SC to help see how many downloads my ebook site has, and one thing I noticed, some time ago, is visits by &#39;someone&#39; with the browser name &#39;Rippers0&#39; (or something similar).<br /><br />Shortly after I was visited by these browsers my site was hacked. Luckily I managed to fix it, but a few weeks later the same thing happened again.<br /><br />After I repaired it again (and moved hosts!!), I looked up what this Ripper browser was (something I should have done the first time). Turns out it&#39;s a package used to find weaknesses of sites so they can be hacked.<br /><br />Since then every time I see a Ripper browser I ban the IP address range from my Host control panel.</i><br /><br />The moderator suggested: <br /><br />However you should really fix your site&#39;s weaknesses. Banning those IPs won&#39;t help.<br /><br />Any thoughts?Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932859321223254374noreply@blogger.com